Improvement in portable vapor baths



G. W. BROSIUS.

Portable Vapor Bath.

Patented Oct. 26,1875.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GEORGE WASHINGTON BROSIUS, OF GALLATIN,MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN PORTABLE VAPOR BATHS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 169,142, dated October26, 1875; application filed August 14, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE WASHINGTONBROSIUS, M. D., of Gallatin, in the county of Daviess and State ofMissouri, have invented a new and ImprovedPortable Vapor Bath, of whichthe following is a specification:

The invention will first be described in connection with drawing, andthen pointed out in claim. v

Figure I is a plan view, with some parts shown in section, and Fig. 2 isa sectional elevation. k

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The box is composed of a bottom board, A, top board B, and four sides,consisting of frames 0, covered with oiled silk or cloth D, and thesides, top, and bottom are fastened together by hooks E and eyes F, soas to be readily put together and taken apart. A portion, G, of the topand a part of one side are connected together, and form a door capableof opening to admit the patient, and closing him in below the neck,which extends up through the hole H. Inside is a seat, I, for thepatient, which has a back, J, that folds down for packing, and the seatis adjustable up and down the grooved frame-pieces K, to regulate it inheight to suit the patient. The back part of the seat has T-heads L,which slide in the grooves behind flanges or ribs M of the frame-pieceswhich hold the heads from pulling out, and the bottom of the seat hasbraces N, which catch in the notches O in the frame-pieces, and hold theseat up. The seat is readily detached from the frame-pieces by slidingthe T-heads up out of the grooves at the top. The furnace P, for heatingthe medical substances to make the vapors, is inclosed in a little tinbox, which slides into and out of the main box'under the seat, and has asliding cover, Q, to regulate the heat, and directly over the fire-potis a pan, R, for holding the substances to be vaporized. The furnace issurrounded by a perforated metal shield, to prevent accidental injury tothe patient by touching the furnacewith his feet or hands, and on thetop of this shield is a water-pan, S, Which has a tongue, T; on thebottom to slide under a clip, V, to keep it from being accidentallydisplaced. The foot-rest W has a water-pan, X, similarly attached to it,

and it has a chamber below in which heat can be placed, if necessary.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The combination of the bottom board A, top board B,and the frame and cloth sides 0 D, when constituting a vapor-bath box,and being detachably connected together by hooks and eyes, allsubstantially as specified.

GEORGE WASHINGTON BROSIUS. Witnesses:

S. T. BRosIUs, INEZ S. BROSIUS.

